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Our Mishloah Manot arrived on the East Coast today, and though it may be too late to share this recipe in time for your mishloah manot, I promise that these cookies are worth making any time, even after Purim! Preparations began last Sunday morning with a trip to Trader Joe’s to stock up on baking […]

I wish I knew something about the Purim celebrations that my parents experienced during their childhood. They were both from observant families so it is hard to imagine that the holiday was not marked in some way. On top of which my mother’s aunt owned the bakery in Mogielnica. Did she prepare Hamantaschen or some […]

When this Judy Zeidler recipe appeared in this week’s Jewish Journal, the photo of one of the cookies featured reminded me of something my mother used to make. Pletzlach were large, flat, sugar-topped crackers that we ate right out of the oven, when she let me. These turned out to be more of the traditional […]

One of my favorite memories of growing up in The Bronx is of the leisurely strolls down the Grand Concourse which often included a stop at Krum’s, a large soda parlor at 187th Street. At the front of the store there was a counter behind which were bins filled with assorted, and what I thought […]

It is Sunday morning, March 13th, 2011. My plan was to bake Hamantachen today, allowing for enough time to ship them to New York and Florida. I am still going to bake, but things feel different. In the background the radio is turned to NPR, reporting on the situation in Japan. There is a […]

It is Sunday morning, March 13th, 2011. My plan was to bake Hamantachen today, allowing for enough time to ship them to New York and Florida. I am still going to bake, but things feel different. In the background the radio is turned to NPR, reporting on the situation in Japan. There is a […]